Every time Windows Server 2003 starts, it is required to press the "Ctrl+Alt+Del" button at the same time, and then enter the user name and password to log in. For individual users, this setting is troublesome. We can achieve automatic and fast login through the following methods:
Click "Start → Run" to enter regedit, open the Registry Editor, expand "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\
Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT
\CurrentVersion\Winlogon" subkey. Right-click the blank space in the right window, select the "New → String Value" command in the pop-up menu, name it AutoAdminLogon, and then double-click it. The "Edit String" dialog box pops up, type 1 in the "Numerical Data" input box, and create a new string value named DefaultPassword according to the same method. Set the value of this item to the super administrator password, and exit the Registry Editor. In the future, if you start Windows Server 2003, you will automatically log in to the desktop as an administrator, saving the trouble of entering a username and password every time you start.
Note: If you want to temporarily cancel the automatic login or need to log in with another username, just hold down the Shift key when starting.
2. Close the system event tracking program
Windows Server 2003 has added a new feature of shutdown event tracking. Each time you shut down, you need to ask the shutdown reason to record the server shutdown reason in detail for later troubleshooting. This is a necessary choice for the server, but it is useless for individual users and causes trouble instead, so we can ban it.
Click "Start → Run", enter to open the Group Policy Editor. Select "Computer Configuration → Administrative Templates → System" in the left window, double-click "Show Close Event Tracking Program" in the right window, select "Disabled" in the dialog box that appears, and then click "OK" to save and exit. In the future, shutdown or restart, the annoying inquiry dialog box will no longer pop up.